H.R. No. 2072
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Colonel Craig Hunter is retiring as director of law
enforcement for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on August
31, 2017, concluding an exemplary career with the agency that has
spanned 33 years; and
WHEREAS, Joining the department as a game warden in
Montgomery County in 1984, Craig Hunter brought to his position
nine years of law enforcement experience at the city and county
levels; he was one of the first to use a decoy deer to catch illegal
night hunters, and his initial night of operations resulted in more
than 100 convictions; in 1998, he became the first Texas game warden
to graduate from the FBI National Academy; while rising steadily
through the TPWD ranks, he supervised the Internal Affairs Unit and
the Executive Protection Team, and from 2001 until 2013, he also
served on Governor Rick Perry's Special Operations Group and on the
Homeland Security Council; and
WHEREAS, Colonel Hunter supervised Field Operations and the
Special Operations Unit before being named director of law
enforcement in 2012; over the course of his tenure, he has
investigated or supervised hundreds of criminal investigations as
well as several officer-involved shootings, and he played a key
role in the management and supervision of the responses to many
emergencies, among them the Jarrell tornado, the Space Shuttle
Columbia disaster, and Hurricanes Rita and Ike; following Hurricane
Katrina in 2005, he led a team of more than 100 game wardens to New
Orleans, where they conducted over 5,000 rescues; he received the
Lifetime Achievement Award from the 100 Club of Texas in 2010; and
WHEREAS, Colonel Hunter holds a federal commission as an
agent for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; he completed his
master's degree in criminal justice at Texas A&M
University--Central Texas, and since 2000, he has served as an
adjunct professor for the U.S. Army at Fort Hood; and
WHEREAS, Through his outstanding leadership and steadfast
commitment to excellence, Colonel Hunter has greatly benefited his
fellow citizens in the Lone Star State and beyond, and he may indeed
take pride in his long and impressive record of achievement; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Colonel Craig Hunter on his
retirement as director of law enforcement for the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department and extend to him sincere best wishes for the
future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Colonel Hunter as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Wilson
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2072 was adopted by the House on May
25, 2017, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House